Platform



W. STUEBING, Jn.

PLATFORM. nPPucATioN mep Novfsv| 1920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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Application i'ieiimvember 5, 1920. sc riin. 421,995

Be it known that` I, Wmimiir 'S'.rUEBINo,

Jr., a citizen of the State of vented certain new and useful Improve@ ments in Platforins, of which the following is a specification.

" The'v present ventionl belongs more par-A ticularly to that class of platforms u sed in connection with lifting or elevatingV trucks.

' soi that their anges abutv andtheir faces The load or weightto b'e carried by the lift- .ing truck is usuallyl placed upon platforms of this character, and, when it is desired to lifting truck is steered underneath said plat# if; form, andby manipulating the handle of the', lifting truck, certain mechanism is -brought into action,.

through means of which thev upper elevating platform of the movement on' the wheeled base, frame of said truck, is moved upwardly, and the platform face resting thereomfis movedupwardly with it until it is in a truck, which is mounted for upand down position; the lifting platform with its load having goods or'articles thus been Vraised off the floor; the truck can then be steered to any. point or place, ca rying the loaded platform with it', when te elevated frame of the lifting truck is lowered, the weighted platform moves down with it until-it rests on the floor; then the lifting truck can be moved out from under the loaded platform, ready to move another loaded platform.

YPlatforms of this character are'made in many forms, in order to adapt themfor various specific uses. While the present platform herein described is particularly adapted to be placed at some point or points where it can be loaded ,for some vspecial, purpose', and in some special manner, as will be hereinafter,V` described, it can also used as the ordinary platform with a plain flat face. The face of this platform is divided into compartments, receptacles or box-'like formations, in order to receive as they are inished'at a machine orsome' plant, in" order to carry and' hold these articles in vthese compartments or receptacles, until they are loaded, and then they are moved toanother'place for further work United States, residing l at the city of Cincinnati the county of Ohio, have inloaded platforms, the

locked Velevated '.form,

in section, taken on the line 2-2 of I a? sectional view taken on the 'line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4, is a fragmentary isometric view.

instance, is made .u

place in the factory or;

^ face edgeofsaid channel iron its wings 7 extending downwardly at the.

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fnished,'-or the work intended to be' done thereon 'has'-been done bythe workman,

they are placed in these compartments, and

when lthe compartments are full,A the plat- 'form can be moved away on'fthe'. elevatingor lifting truck. Y

`My invention consists essentie' yin ,using a multiplicity of channel iron-platesforme ofa face and at each side' having a. flange i or wing; placing these plates contiguous form the; bottom of a series' 'ofcompa'rtments; binding the edges withl metal so that the structure will bestrong, and so that there can be no lateral dr endwise play; said metal bndingalso preventing any of the articles in the 'compartments from falling out at-the side, and'placing metal supports at each side'end of the platform face, formed' of said channel iron plates, and binding all the parts ,together to form an irolnthructure. ,f l

n e accompan rawin orinin' a part of this speciigiltin: gj, g

Figure 1, is a plan View of my Fig. 2, is a sideA elevation thereof partly Eig. 3, is

1of one corner Yof the truck, In the' present instance, in order to carry my inventionV into practice, I form the face 'or top of the platform of plates- 1,' formed of a-bottoni 2, 2 with side walls or wings 3, 3, extending upwardly,

thus forming receptacles or compartments 1 0; thesechanneliron face plates lie con-l tiguous, their meeting flan es or 'win s 3, 3 abutting. In order to ho d these vc annel 'benironcompartments together and in alinement, I placel a. metal binding along each side edge thereof and hold thesame in rigid.,

This metal binding, in the present l Y of an upper and -a position.

lower angle iron. T e upper angle iron is composed 'of the top wing 4 and the side 4 lyin along thetop annel p ates and the side downwardly. over the end wing 5`; the win face edge of said ci wing 5 extending face of said plates; the lower channel iron having its top face 6 lying'1along the lower plates, and

neviT platso g a multiplicity of channel iron inner end of said win abutting against the si e of the legs or supports 8, see particularly Fig. 3. I use supports or legs for holding the platform face elevated, so that the lifting truck can be and terminating in flanges 12, one at eac side. These supports are connected `to the platform face and to the steel bound s'ides Aby means of bolt and nut connections 9 passing 'through said plates l and through the wing 4 of the top angle iron and through the wing 6 of the lower angle iron and through the flanges l2 of the supports, formangle irons and supports together, and in alinement, forming a strong,`durable and unique construction, ossessing great utility. I may form these c annel irn face plates of any height and width, and make some.

smaller and others larger and I may connect them to ether in any other `manner than speciiica ly herein set forth. While allthe y f parts of this platform are made `of metal theyfmay be made of anyother material which will be found desirable and adaptable for the practical use of the platform.

6 and, desired,

plicity of channel iron'plates,

. tending upwardl What I claim as new and m invention and'desire to secure'by'Letters autent is,:`

1. In a platform of the character. described, a face therefor, formed of a multi'-v lying contiguous, and arranged with-their faces at the bottom, the ianges or wings thereof eX- to form compartments, in combination wit angle irons lying at the side edges of said channel iron plates, sup'- ports for said platform face and means for rigidly connecting said plates', angle irons and supports together to form a structure.

2. In a platform of thecharacter described, a multiplicity of channel iron plates arranged to form compartments and making a rigid construction to hold the plates,

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature y at Cincinnati, Ohio, thisl 23rd day of October,1920.

l WILLIAM 's'rUEBINa JR. 

